Riding attachment for seed-drills.



No. 654,525. 5 Patented July 24, I900 T. J. DURSEY &. N. MATHEW BIDING A TTACHMENT FUR SEED DRILLS.

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(Applipation filed Apr. 10, 1899.)

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THOMAS J. DORSEY AND NEWELL MATHEWS, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA RIDING ATTACHMENT FOR SEED-DR ILLS srnorrroarrolv forming part of Letters Patent to. 654,525, dated July 24., 1900;

Application filed April 10, 1899.

To all whom it mar/ i, concern.-

Be it known that we, THOMAS J. DORSEY and NEWELL MATHEWS, residing atLos An geles, in the countyof Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Riding Attachment for Seed-Drills, of which the following is a specification.

Seed-drills as now constructed are provided with weighted rollers to follow along behind the drilling devices to press down the earth smoothly over the seed which has been planted by the drill, audit is necessary in order to turn the machine around at the end'of the field or elsewhere that the heavy weighted seeding devices, including such rollers, must be raised from the ground before the machine is turned. Otherwise the machine will be wrenched in the act of turning. It is necessary in such machines that a caster-wheel be provided to support the seeder mechanism and rollers. Otherwise the great weight of these parts in the machine as ordinarily constructed will overbalance the machine when the seeding devices are lifted from the ground and'will throw the tongue upwith consider able force, thereby placing the team at a disadvantage and bruising the horses necks. It is very necessary in order to handle the machine with perfect facility that the same be provided with a tongue which is rigid latorally. I

The object of ourinvention is to provide a riding-drill of extremely simple and strong construction which will afiord to the team and driver superior ease and convenience in the operation of the machine. In our drill a caster-wheel is provided rearwardly oi the seeding devices, the seeding devices being between said caster-wheel and the axle of the machine, and the machine is provided with a tongue which is rigid laterally, so that the ma chine can be readily turned and is under perfectcontrol of the operator; but the tongue is pivoted to the machine and extends forward through a vertical tongue guide and stop, in which it is free to swing up and down, so that the up-and-down movement of the frame of the machine,'caused by theinequalities of the ground, will not throw the tongue up and down to thereby place the team at a disad vantage or to bruise the horsesnecks.

It isan object of ourinvention to construct Qerial No. 712,614. (No model.)

a machine with the greatest strength and least possible weight. In ourin vention we provide a centrally arranged beam which extends from front to rear of the machine and extends rearward of the "machine, and to this one beam the caster-wheel, the main frame, and the tongue are fastened.

Our invention comprises a central1yarranged beam projecting rearward from the frame and behind the seeding devices and extending forward of the axle which carries the mechanism,"a tiller-Wheel being mounted at therear end of the beam and a tongue pivoted to the frame through the medium of the beam above the same and extending from the pivot forward between two upright standards, which form a vertical guide to hold the tongue rigid laterally and allow the front end of the tongue to be raised and lowered and to allow the frame a'latitude of tilting movement to accommodate the undulatory motion of the machine in passing over uneven ground.

Our invention also includes the construction of the tiller-wheel support, as hereinafter set forth.

The accompanying drawings illustrate our invention.

Figure l is a side elevation of a seed-drill provided with our invention, the rollers and drills being shown elevated from the ground. Fig. 2 is a plan of the drill. Fig. 3 is a detail of the tiller-support in vertical section on line 3 3, Figs. 1 and 2.

A indicates the axle of the drill, carried by the ground-wheels B. t

0 indicates the seeder-supportingframe, which carries the seedbox D, the drilling devices E, the rollers F, and the lever G,

which raises and lowers the drilling devices L and their rollers (3 indicates the pivot, by which the drilling devices E and their rollers F are pivoted to the front end of the frame 0.

g indicates the rod connecting the lever G with the drilling devices to raise and lower the same. 7 Q' The parts above mentionedare found in drills now in use, to which ourinvention may be applied.

' We will now describe our invention- H indicates a beam or bar rigidly fastened to the frame 0, midway between the wheels B B, and projectingrearwardly of the drillrollers F to form a rearward extension of the frame 0. i

I indicates the tiller-support, provided with a tiller-wheel I. This support comprises a screw-threaded T under the rear end of said extension to support the same; a cylindrical stem 2, screwed into the T and extending therefrom through theextension; means, such as the cotter-pin 3, for securing the stem in the extension; elbows 4 t, screwed into the opposite ends of the T, respectively, and projected downward; arms 5 5, screwed into the elbows and perforated at their lower ends,-

the wheel I being embraced between said arms, and an axle J, extending through the hub of the wheel and fastened in perforations of said arms. By this construction the tillerwheel holder is built up from ordinary gasfittings.

6 6 indicate washers, and 7 a metallic bushing in the end of the extension to form a hearing for the stem and its attachments l and 3.

h indicate lateral braces, which extend from the opposite sides of the frame 0 and are fastened to the rearwardly-extending beam H to hold it perfectly rigid with relation to the seeder-frame C.

H indicates the tongue, which is pivoted by the bolt h to uprights h, which are fastened to the beam H, which forms the rearward extension of the frame.

It? indicates the standards, which form the guide for the tongue. These standards are fastened to the frame 0 and extend upward far enough to accommodate the tilting or undulatory movement of the frame, which will occur when the wheels B B and I run over uneven ground.

It indicates a bolt connecting the upper ends of the standards 71 to form a stop at the top of the guideway to prevent too great downward movement of the front end of the frame 0.

In practical operation the machine can be turned with the greatest facility while the seeding devices are held out of contact with the ground, as shown in Fig. 1, and when the seeding devices are in contact with the ground the tilting of the machine as it passes over uneven ground does not throw the front end of the tongue up and down, and when the lever G is operated to raise or lower the seeding devices E F the position of the frame is not in any wise affected, the center of gravity being constantly between the axlesA and J. The beam H remains perfectly stable at all times with relation to the axles J and A, and therefore afiords a suitable support for the seat K, so that the driver sitting upon the seat K is not subject to any danger of being thrown from the machine by the act of raising and lowering the seeding devices and is therefore given perfect control of the machine and the ease of operation is greatly increased.

Now, having described ourinvention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1. In a seed-drill, the combination with the wheel-carried seeder-supporting frame, of a rearward extension rigidly fastened to said frame; a wheel swiveled to the rear end of said extension; a vertical tongue guide and stop at the front of said frame; and a rigid tongue pivotally connected to the frame rearward of said guide and extending forward through said guide and being free to swing up and down in said frame.

2. In a seed-drill, the combination with the wheel-carried seeder supporting frame extending in front of and to the rear of the seeder mechanism; of a centrally-arranged beam rigidly fastened to the frame and extending from the front of the frame in front of the axle of the wheels of said frame and projecting behind the frame and seeding-devices; a seat being mounted on said beam; a vertical tongue guide and stop mounted on the front end of the beam; a rigid tongue pivoted to the beam rearward of said guide and extending through the guide and, being free to move up and down in the guide; and a swivel-Wheel at the rear of the beam to support the same, substantially as set forth.

3. A seed-drill comprising two frame-car rying wheels; the main frame mounted on said wheels and carrying the seeding mechanism; a beam fastened to said frame and arranged midway between said wheels and extending forward and rearward of the seeder mechanism;- braces fastened to the rearportion of the beam and extending forward and laterally and fastened to said frame; a wheel swiveled to the rear end of said beam; an upwardly-extending bracket fastened to said beam in front of said seeder mechanism; a vertical guide fastened to. the beam in front of said bracket and in line therewith and provided at the top with a stop; and arigid tongue pivoted in said bracket and extending forward through the guideway and playing freely in said guideway between the beam and said stop.

at. The combination with the wheel-carried seed-drill frame; of a beam fastened to said frame midway between the wheels and extending to the rear of the seeder mechanism and also extending forward to the front of the frame; a wheel swiveled to the rear end of the beam; braces fastened to the rear portion of the beam and extending forward and laterally and fastened to the frame; an upwardly-extendin g bracket embracing said beam in front of the seeder mechanism and rearward of the front end of the frame; an

upwardly-extending guide embracing said beam at the front of the frame and provided at the top with a stop; and a rigid tongue lying above the beam and pivoted to. the bracket and extending forward and playing freely within the guide between the beam and the stop.

5. A seed-drill provided with a centrallyarranged beam fastened to the frame of the drill and extending forward and rearward of the seeder mechanism; a swivel-wheel on the rear end of the beam; a tongue guide and stop fastened to and projecting upward from the front end of the beam; and a rigid tongue playing freelyin said guide and pivotally connected with the beam rearward of the guide.

6. In a seed-drill, the combination with the rear extension, of a screw-threaded T under the rear end of said extension to support the same; a cylindrical stem screwed into the T and extending therefrom through the extension; means for securing the stem in the ex 15 tension; elbows screwed into the opposite ends of the T, respectively, and projected downward; arms screwed into the elbows and perforated at their lower ends; a wheel embraced between said arms; and an axle 20 through the hub of the wheel and fastened in the perforations of said arms.

THGMAS J. DOR-SEY. NEWELL MATHEWS.

Witnesses:

R. D. Lis'r, JAMES R. TOWNSEND. 

